First Lines of Books:
- “If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book.”
- “‘Where’s Papa going with that axe?’ said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.”
- “The Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world.”
- “Marley was dead, to begin with.”
- The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play, so we sat in the house all that cold, cold wet day. I sat there with Sally. We sat here we two and we said "How we wish we had something to do."
- All children, except one, grow up.
- The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring cleaning his little home.
- This is George. He lived in Africa.
- Once there were 4 children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmond, and Lucy.
- These 2 very old people are the father and mother of Mr. Bucket.
- "The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and Max said 'I'LL EAT YOU UP!' so he was sent to bed without eating anything.
- In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.
- "Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children.
- "Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."__
- When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home."
- The year that Buttercup was born, the most beautiful woman in the world was a French scullery maid named Annette._
- It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.
- In the great green room, there was a telephone and a red balloon.
- That Sam I am, that Sam I am, I do not like that Sam I am.
- At the top of the key, I’m MOVING & GROOVING.__
- “Good. Let’s get you set up in a chair, and the orthodontist will look at your teeth in a few minutes.”
- Of the first few hauntings I investigated . . .I intend to say little, in part to protect the identity of the victims.
- Graduation day. I can hardly stand still as my mother straightens my celebratory red tunic.
- My nightmare started like this. I was standing on a deserted street in some little beach town.
- He began his new life standing up, surrounded by cold darkness and stale, dusty air.